Case Study: Park Road Post achieves seamless Dolby Atmos workflow for The Hobbit with Avid Technology

Avid Helps Park Road Post Debut Dolby Atmos in The Hobbit

Park Road Post, a longtime Avid customer and one of Wellington’s leading post-production facilities, needed to add Dolby Atmos for *The Hobbit* without disrupting its existing Pro Tools workflows or slowing production. As demand for immersive audio grew, the team wanted a seamless way to adopt the new technology while preserving the speed and reliability of its current setup.

Avid helped Park Road Post implement a workflow built around Pro Tools | HDX, a Dolby Atmos Panner AAX plugin, and an outboard Rendering and Mastering Unit, along with System 5 consoles and EUCON integration. **Avid**’s solution let the team control up to 128 audio objects and complete the Atmos mix efficiently across two dubbing stages, helping them meet demanding production schedules while keeping the 7.1 mix consistent and enabling a smooth, creative transition to Dolby Atmos.

Park Road Post

Gilbert Lake

Re-Recording Mixer